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HCMS San Genaro (1761)

Page history last edited by ManuBlasco 13 years, 10 months ago

San Genaro (1st), 60-64

 

  Details 
Nationality Spanish
Ordered    
Started    
Named    
Launched 1761  
Shipyard La Habana  
Plans Jorge Juan   
Constructor    
Decks 2  
Rate 4th Rates  
Class Habana 1761   
System British   
Crew c. 400   
In Service 1761 b18,w2
Out Service 1762-aug-14 b18,w2
Fate Captured
Next San Genaro  1763 

 

 

  Dimensions 
Units Lenght Keel Beam Depth Draught Weight Source
British ft.  159'6"  132'2  44'6"  20'0"  ---  1,392 BM   b571 
Meters 48.62  40.28  13.56  6.10  ---  1,328 m3  (b57) 

 

 

  Armament 
Guns Date LGD lbs UGD lbs QD lbs FC lbs Broadside Source
64 1761 26  24  26  18  10  8  2  8  594 (291)  

b571

 

 

Commanders

1761-mm-00 1762-aug-14 Captain D. Manuel Briceño. b187,b61 
1762-nov-03 1763-jan-18 Prize Captain Dickson s2 

 

Service Record

1761-mm-00 Launched at La Habana. ? 
1762-jun-06 At La Habana, disarmed in ordinary, probably due to lack of crew?  
1762-aug-14 Captured by the british at surrender of La Habana.  
1762-nov-03 Left La Habana to England under Adm. Pocock's fleet of warships, prizes and about 50 transports.  
1763-jan-00 About 600 miles west of Land's End the fleet were dispersed by a violent gale, foundering 12 transports, saving the crew.  
1763-jan-18 Arrived to Cork and Kinsale with Devonshire (66), Infanta (70) & Assumption (40)  s1
1763-jan-00 Anchored in the Downs, overtaken by a storm was cast away. Was into Kingsale list. s2

 

Notes

Never served, looks like was just launched in 1761, were getting in commission when british attacked La Habana.

Other sources give it as still under construction or been under careen (this is not possible if it really was finished in 1761).

Since the ship was taken and send to England, we guess it was getting commissioned, been fitted and in need of crew.

Maybe even armed since some sources tells that his guns were used on land for the defense of La Habana.
1 San Antonio's since we dont have records of his dimensions or armament we will use his twin's as the most accurate ones from british sources. 

 

Sources (researched by Santiago Gomez)

RHN, año 2006, nº 94, Gustavo Placer Cervera, "Los marinos españoles en la defensa de La Habana en 1762".

Celia María Parcero Torre, "La pérdida de La Habana y las reformas borbónicas en Cuba, 1760-1773". (b196)

Cesareo Fernandez Duro, "Armada Española desde la union de los reinos de Castilla y Aragon". (b61)

Jose Mª Blanco Nuñez, "La Armada Española en la segunda mitad del siglo XVIII". (b187)

The London Gazette of Jan 18th 1763. (s1)

Clowes "History of the Royal Navy" Vol III (s2)

 

 

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